Take control of your illness with the help of a friend.
Persons living with a serious and persistent mental illness, who want to experience a one-on-one relationship with another person recovering from mental illness.
Peer Mentoring Works:
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Peer mentoring fosters social support
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Peer mentoring provides bonding and a social network based on the sharing of common experiences
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Peer mentoring stimulates specific ways of coping based on experiences
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Peer mentoring nurtures meaningful relationships generated by consumers themselves.
Become a peer mentor or peer mentee who wants to live life to the fullest.
To Become a Peer Mentee:
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Be a consumer of mental health services
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Have a positive attitude about recovery
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Motivated to change
To Become a Peer Mentor:
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Have experience as a consumer of mental health services
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Able to demonstrate knowledge of his or her own illness to the extent that he or she can recognize and manage symptoms
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Committed to sharing their recovery
Persons living with a serious and persistent mental illness, who want to experience a one -on-one relationship with another person recovering from mental illness in Benton, Sherburne, Stearns, and Wright counties.